Comments on: Chrome OS is Worse, That’s the Point

By: spencer

spencer — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:12:09 +0000

Like Larry this post really reminded me of “The Innovator’s Dilemma”. Also I thought a bit about MAX… was it too specialized to succeed? Or priced too low for the amount of specialization?

By: Aleksey

Aleksey — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:04:58 +0000

Don’t forget video games. Microsoft is the king of desktop gaming. In fact, the ability to play the latest high quality, graphic intensive games (online and offline) is one of the major reasons why people still buy desktops — and by any measure it’s not a minuscule market.

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Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:17:07 +0000

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Karine Sabatier » Blog Archive » Links w#29 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:38:45 +0000

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By: Roman

Roman — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:10:35 +0000

“If I have to burn less of my IQ running my OS…”

I would think that running your OS actually heightens your IQ.

“Slow or unreliable network connections. Fading into the past.”

Still with us often enough, I find.

“i give it 2 years before chrome gets bloated and unresponsive – just like ff.”

Chrome isn’t bloated but is often unresponsive already. FF is still good with multitude of features.

By: zalun

zalun — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:17:08 +0000

If the OS will come mostly preinstalled the issue with drivers is taken away. The hardware maintainers will take care of them. As I assume it will be a Linux flavour everyone will benefit …

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EduBlog.TotalH.com » Google Chrome OS — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:12:24 +0000

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By: KentBeck

KentBeck — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:39:09 +0000

I think Google moved first because they own the most valuable complementary business. They have nothing to lose and a lot to gain by evaporating the desktop OS profit pool and swelling the search profit pool.

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Google Chrome OS « WillyXoft — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:00:35 +0000

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By: KentBeck

KentBeck — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:24:40 +0000

Gene,

Good point. I hadn’t thought of that. The need for stable drivers certainly drives up the cost of the Chrome OS strategy. If they can do a little Tom Sawyer and get others to write drivers for them, they reduce the amount of money they have at risk.